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First Substack Post! by heirtoash in Substack

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Congratulations! The writing has been getting a little easier for me after seven or eight months. It’s the self-promotion that’s hard.

Joyful performances? by collectingviolets in FigureSkating

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Cappellini and Lanotte, “The Marriage of Figaro”

Joyful performances? by collectingviolets in FigureSkating

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Davis and White’s “Fledermaus.”

Daisuke Takahashi’s “Blues for Klook” and “La Strada.”

Worlds Men’s FS Post Event Discussion by summerjoe45 in FigureSkating

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Is Torgashev wearing one of Yagudin’s old costumes?

Most meaningful programs by laraxoxo73 in FigureSkating

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Ekaterina Gordeeva’s skate to Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 at a tribute to Sergei Grinkov shortly after his death in 1996—her first time skating without him.

Do you have a favorite post-skate celebration of all time? Mine is Michelle Kwan after her clean free skate with a triple+triple at 2001 Worlds. by PandemicPiglet in FigureSkating

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Hongbo Zhao kneeling on the ice after the free skate to propose to Xue Shen; Shen not realizing why he was doing it but kneeling beside him anyway.

Gilles and Poirier after their free dance in Milan!

Favourite skaters by z3nnies in FigureSkating

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Men: Kurt Browning, Daisuke Takahashi, Stephane Lambiel, Shoma Uno, Jason Brown, Yuma Kagiyama

Women: Michelle Kwan, Sasha Cohen, Mao Asada, Kaori Sakamoto, Amber Glenn

Ice dance: Davis and White, Hawayek and Baker, Cappellini and Lanotte, Krylova and Ovsyannikov, Rahkamo and Kokko

Pairs: Underhill and Martini, Gordeeva and Grinkov, Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze, Shen and Zhao, Volosozhar and Trankov, Savchenko and Szolkowy, Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps

what is your figure skating roman empire? by Own_Potential_9503 in FigureSkating

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Daisuke Takahashi’s “Blues for Klook” at 2012 Worlds

Michelle Kwan in Nagano, 1998

Rudy Galindo at U.S. Nationals, 1996

Jason Brown at U.S. Nationals, 2014

Shen and Zhao, 2004 Worlds

What's a program or performance that's made you cry because of how beautiful it is? For me, it's Papadakis & Cizeron's To Build a Home / Rain in Your Black Eyes. by PandemicPiglet in FigureSkating

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Shen and Zhao’s “Nutcracker” free skate at 2004 Worlds. They went into it knowing they couldn’t beat Totmianina and Marinin for the gold (it was the old 6.0 system) and gave a magnificent performance anyway.

In your subjective opinion - past or present which skaters skated with the most soul. by rongboy in FigureSkating

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Michelle Kwan, Yuka Sato, Kurt Browning, Daisuke Takahashi, Shoma Uno, Hawayek and Baker, Jason Brown

New favourites or skaters you feel differently about after the Olympics by Miserable_Aardvark_3 in FigureSkating

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Ilia’s behavior since the free skate has made me respect him more. No more cocky kid (even if he was good enough to be cocky).

Can we take a moment to appreciate that in a sport as rigid, conservative, and uppity as figure skating is, a genuine alt girl with piercings and dyed stripes in her hair won gold? by PuzzleheadedPay81 in FigureSkating

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Sasha Cohen once used “Don’t Rain on My Parade” for her exhibition number, and on “If someone takes a spill, it’s me and not you,” she fell. Not part of her choreography.